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Amanda Langill
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"We are only here for ninety to one-hundred years. During that time, we must do something good, something useful with our lives. If we do this, we will know true happiness." - HHDLXIV
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The first direct image of another 'solar system'

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November 20, 2024 at 12:56 AM
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November 18, 2024 at 3:46 PM
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Sometimes a river of hot gas flows over your head. In this case the river created a Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement (STEVE) that glowed bright red, white, and pink. Details of how STEVEs work remain a topic of research, but recent evidence holds that their glow results from a fast-moving river of hot ions flowing over a hundred kilometers up in the Earth's atmosphere: the ionosphere. The more expansive dull red glow might be related to the flowing STEVE, but alternatively might be a Stable Auroral Red (SAR) arc, a more general heat-related glow. The featured picture, taken earlier this month in Côte d'Opale, France, is a wide-angle digital composite made as the STEVE arc formed nearly overhead. Although the apparition lasted only a few minutes, this was long enough for the quick-thinking astrophotographer to get in the picture -- can you find him? Credit & Copyright: Louis LEROUX-GÉRÉ
November 18, 2024 at 3:17 AM
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The sun sets over Lambertville, NJ, from a rooftop terrace on Delevan St in 2015. The last fiery bursts of light illuminate the northeast corridor contrails and cirrus clouds typical for a crisp October evening during this sunset.
November 17, 2024 at 9:56 PM
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An orange and black box turtle is gently held for the camera over its habitat in our vernal stream of diabase, Goat Hill, Lambertville, NJ. Many indigenous folk stories consider the world to rest on the back of a turtle. Instead of interpreting this story literally, we should observe the advanced allegorical brilliance of this tale, as turtles require a careful balance of many natural systems in order to flourish; we are proud to find box turtles in our backyard vernal stream every year.
November 17, 2024 at 8:35 PM
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Pleated woodpecker, Goat Hill, Lambertville, NJ. The pleated woodpeckers have been very busy the past few years making quick work of the damage left behind by the Emerald Ash Borers.
November 17, 2024 at 8:25 PM
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A serene, pastel Dawn breaks over Stonybrook Road, Hopewell, NJ, in autumn. The picture was taken during autumn, after the leaves from the maple, hickory, and ash trees have already fallen; the road curves off into mist in the distance. There are no other cars on the road, giving a feeling of contemplative and meditative solitude. Here, in this beautiful silence, we can feel One with the Divine.
November 17, 2024 at 8:22 PM
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The Pillars of Creation captured by the James Webb Space Telescope
November 16, 2024 at 6:09 AM
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Moon dressed up as Uranus
November 17, 2024 at 2:42 AM
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November 16, 2024 at 6:30 PM